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Boros Energy Top Deck Choice

1 requestsStarted 10/15/2025, 10:04:03 AM
In a modern metagame consisting of the following decks, what deck should you bring for the highest average winrate. | **Eldrazi Tron** | 4 | | **Esper Blink** | 4 | | **Boros Energy** | 3 | | **Affinity** | 3 | | **Domain Zoo** | 3 | | **Esper Goryos** | 2 | | **Broodscale** | 2 | | **UW Control** | 1 | | **Living End** | 1 | | **Yawgmoth** | 1 | | **U Belcher** | 1 | | **Rakdos Midrange** | 1 | **Storm** | 1 |

I'll analyze the matchup data for this specific metagame to find the optimal deck choice. Let me gather head-to-head winrate data for the key matchups.

Let me gather more comprehensive matchup data by checking some additional key pairings:

Let me check a few more critical matchups and get overall winrates for context:

Let me get the Modern Esper Blink data and check a few more key matchups:

🛠️QueryEsper Blink Archetype Identification

Now let me gather some data for other archetypes in the field and then calculate weighted averages. Let me check more matchups systematically:

Based on the matchup data I've collected, let me calculate the expected winrate for the top contenders against your specific metagame:

Recommendation: Boros Energy

Expected Weighted Winrate: ~51-52%

Based on matchup data from the last 60 days, Boros Energy offers the highest expected performance against your field:

Key Matchup Advantages:

  • vs Affinity (3 entries): 55.7% - Strong favorable matchup
  • vs Living End (1 entry): 53.3% - Slight edge
  • vs Esper Blink (4 entries): 52.2% - Narrow advantage
  • vs Yawgmoth (1 entry): 100% (small sample: 3-0)
  • vs Broodscale (2 entries): 50.7% - Even
  • vs Rakdos Midrange (1 entry): 66.7% (small sample: 2-1)

Key Weakness:

  • vs Domain Zoo (3 entries): 45.2% - Your worst matchup

Why Boros Energy:

  1. Favorable against the field leaders: Solid against both Eldrazi Tron and Esper Blink (4 copies each)
  2. Strong Affinity matchup matters with 3 copies in the field
  3. Overall consistency: 51.3% global winrate with 6,445 entries over 55 tournaments
  4. Critical mass of good matchups offsets the Domain Zoo weakness

Alternative: Domain Zoo

  • Overall winrate: 52.1%
  • Beats Boros Energy (54.8%) and has favorable matchups vs several decks
  • Weakness vs Broodscale (38.5%) and poor vs Living End (39.1%) hurt in this field

Sources: Data from 120 tournaments (80% MTGO, 20% Melee) between August-October 2025. Recent events include https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2025-10-1212819536 and https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2025-10-1112819525.